Our family guests for two weeks

Clark, Guinevere, Ben and Cassius came to Las Vegas to soak up some sunshine and spend time with Grandpa Steve and Grandlady. I didn't take photos of all our activities (I'm sorry) but the day before Guinevere flew back to Boston, leaving the boys here for CES conference (well, just Clark went to CES at the convention center on the strip), we stopped at a mall in Henderson for fun and food. The play area was small but Ben and Cassius were creative in their games with each other.


They are sweet boys to play together. Ben is such a great big brother and is always watching out for Cassius. It may look like they are fighting but this was all wonderful play.

Ben would push Cassius down the slide or...




he would pull him up the slide. And Cassius would return the favor with Ben.

They played on the slide for almost an hour.





One little dark cave gave them about fifteen minutes of fun.







Even when other kids came to play, Ben and Cassius were polite and sharing the equipment.







Finally Guinevere pulled them away from the play court to wash their hands and get some food from the food court.







The back yard held lots of attraction for them. If they weren't batting the golf balls around on the putting green,







they were playing in the dirt/sand boxes by the trees, digging dirt and pouring sand.


Ben has the musical instrument case and loved putting the horn together and making lovely musical sounds. He reminds me a lot of his daddy at that age.


Or they were playing with the badminton set, with Ben getting pretty accurate at hitting the birdies! Cassius loved sitting by mommy and having one on one.

Did he know she was about to go home, leaving him here with Daddy and Grandlady?



Ben loved the new 3D movie on avionics that Grandpa Steve bought, set up for him to watch. Ben would put his hands out in front and walk toward the TV to try and touch the objects that appeared so close. I think he watched the video three times in one week.






The screen appears blurry. Would it have been clear if I held 3D glasses in front of the camera lens?






Cassius, on the other hand, did not like videos in 3D as much. He loved sitting in the toy room, on the soft blanket, watching a VHS tape on the little TV. I believe he is watching the Fox and the Hound from Walt Disney. That and Lion King were his favorites.





The last evening before Clark and the boys flew home to Boston, we went to Applebee's for supper. They ate hearty. We all did.







Uncle Lance took a photo of Grandlady, Ben, Clark, Cassius, and Grandpa Steve. Grandma Lula was sitting on the other end of the table and missed being in the picture.






Of course, the cutest photo for the end! I do not remember why the tongue was out!

We missed them when they left. We miss them still, but it is much quieter here!